Vermont Farmhouse Project

Green Building Products and Technologies at the Cobb Hill Co-Housing Project Video

At the Cobb Hill Co-Housing Project in Hartland, Vermont Bob meets up with Susie Sweitzer and general contractor Mark Albee, an experienced "green builder". Mark notes that except for the LVLs, all the lumber used in the home is from sustainable foresting operations grown locally in New England following selective harvesting practices. The heat source for the entire 14 building complex is a large gasifying wood boiler in a remote building which sends forced hot water to all the units. Each home also has a propane fired backup unit for winter heating and domestic hot water. Homes also save energy with a GFX drainwater heat recovery system.

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• Radiantec - Radiantec: radiant floor and solar heat & hot water systems
• Radiantec - Radiantec Solar heating systems for home heat
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• groSolar - Solar power, water, heat. Clean & safe. Beat global warming
• Sears - Heating & Cooling Repair
• WholeHouseFan.com - Cool Your Home with a Whole House Fan

Carpentry, Construction & Materials
• Albee O'Hara Inc. - General Contractor

Plumbing & Septic Systems
• Doucette Industries - GFX Drainwater Heat Recovery System

Real Estate
• Quechee Lakes Development Co. (Quechee, VT) - Real Estate Developers

Structural & Framing
• Huber Woods - Advantech

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	Other Video Clips from this Episode

	Reviewing the Home's Layout With the first floor deck framing underway, Bob orients viewers to the home's layout and provides a progress report on the construction so far. Engineered wood products feature heavily in ... Watch video and view full description
	Installing Water Resistant AdvanTech Engineered Wood Flooring As the framers get started on the first floor deck, Bob highlights the features of Advantech subflooring. The material, fabricated with water resistant resins, is ideal for Vermont as it ... Watch video and view full description
	NOW PLAYING Green Building Products and Technologies at the Cobb Hill Co-Housing Project At the Cobb Hill Co-Housing Project in Hartland, Vermont Bob meets up with Susie Sweitzer and general contractor Mark Albee, an experienced "green builder". Mark notes that except for the ...
	Discussing Insulation and Efficient Building Technology Bob and Mark continue their tour of an unit under construction at the Cobb Hill Co-Housing project. Mark explains to Bob that the moisture barrier on the wall is reinforced ... Watch video and view full description
	Installing the Concrete Cellar Stairs Back on site, pre-cast concrete cellar stairs, fabricated in Williston, Vermont, are lowered with a boom and bolted up against the house foundation. The stairs, which weigh a good ton, ... Watch video and view full description
	Finding a Level with a Laser Ted Riley explains to how the concrete crew uses a laser to assure that they get a level slab. The crew first sets up the laser and then the target ... Watch video and view full description